GOforever / Team BRC Newsletter - 1/3/22
12/28/2021
Happy Holidays Everyone! Reminder, the Thursday night run from the Cherry Creek Store will reboot on Thursday January 6th at 6:00 with special guest Saucony! There will be no Thursday night run for the next two weeks. Also, we are looking for Masters runners interested in competing on a team for the USATF Colorado Club Cross Country Championships next November, respond to this email, if you are interested, all levels welcome.
Weekly Group Runs
Note: the Thursday night run at the Cherry Creek store will be taking a break until 1/6/2022. On 1/6/2021 we will have a special 2022 kickoff run featuring Saucony shoes.
Tuesday - 6:00 DTC Store - Half Penny Beer after
Wednesday - 6:00 Littleton Store
Thursday -Starting 1/6/2022 Cherry Creek store - Run and Yoga
(Yoga classes are every second and fourth Thursday of each month. See yoga.with.jacqueline on Instagram for details)
Saturday - 7:30 DTC Store
9:00 Littleton Store
(Saturday runs in City Park ended with the end of the Farmer's Market season)
Sunday 8:00 Wash Park (corner of Mississippi and Franklin) The Wash Park loop is 2.5 miles and you can do as many loops as you want
Upcoming Races
12/31/2021 - resolution Run, Wash Park
See below for the 2022 Team BRC race schedule and the full 2022 race calendar
Team BRC and GOforever RACING
GOforeverRacing is offering free two week training plans through their website GOforeverracing.com. Custom plans are also available for purchase. Plans will not be cookie cutter plans but will be constructed to meet your individual needs.
Coaches Blog (Races)
2021 Year in review
As 2021 comes to an end, it's nice to reflect back on 2021 and look ahead to 2022.
2021 saw the return of most racing but with a few twists thrown in. The Bolder Boulder was run at multiple locations; the Colfax Races, Colorado Marathon and the Boulderthon Marathon were all moved to the Fall and the Cherry Creek Sneak and El Grito 5K races were cancelled again.
On the National and international level, the Tokyo Olympics went on as planned with many Colorado based athletes competing on the Track and in the Marathon. Paul Chelimo who trains in Colorado Springs wan Silver in the 10,000M and Kevin McDowell won Silver in the mixed triathlon relay. Finally, Molly Seidel surprised us with a bronze in the Marathon
Athing Mu, Cole Hocker, Hobbs Kessler and Cooper Teare emerged as the next generation of great American mid-distance runners.
Athlete's mental health became a topic of discussion with Simone Bile and Naomi Osaka both withdrawing from competitions due to mental health issues.
All of the World Marathons went on as planned with the exception of Tokyo but the Spring races were moved to Fall. Shalane Flanagan at the age of 40, managed to run the six World Major major marathons in six weeks with her SLOWEST race being in 2:46.
At the High School level, the Spring Track Season was delayed six weeks but otherwise went on as usual and the Cross Country season felt almost normal despite my HS team missing our chance to qualify for the State meet after a COVID case caused the team to quarantine before regionals
Looking forward to 2022, despite the Omicron variant emerging as a new threat, almost every race in 2022 is scheduled to go on as planned. Hopefully, we will see the Cherry Creek Sneak back after a two year hiatus and the Bolder Boulder back to finishing in Folsom field
For many runners it will be a short turnaround between the October Colfax Races and the May races or the October 2021 Boston Marathon and the April 2022 Boston Marathon.
In 2022, the world Track and Field Championships will be held at the new Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. I hope to see many Colorado trained athletes competing on the world stage.
I hope everyone has a Happy New Year's and a 2022 full of running and racing.
2022 Team BRC Race Schedule
The schedule will also be posted at goforeverracing.com and will be updated as more race info becomes available
